"I guess it's okay to say which one you voted for and esp. why you've chosen that one... :)"

OK then. I voted for the Monaco picture. The Grimaldi family have had a tough time over the years and although I don't follow them all the time I'm usually aware of the new things.
So it was really wonderful to see pictures of Stephanie and Albert looking so loving and close. Every family has their ups and downs but as the photos shows the downs don't always dominate.

Well, it's OK to say which one you voted for, but that might influence other voters. I think we'll have to see how that works with this month and then decide next month whether to discourage talking about which photo people voted for until the poll is closed.

Well, it's OK to say which one you voted for, but that might influence other voters. I think we'll have to see how that works with this month and then decide next month whether to discourage talking about which photo people voted for until the poll is closed.

Maybe it's better when people only vote in a poll? If it's possible of course. I have to agree. I think it's more objective when everybody can vote without knowing what others have voted...

Please people, vote for the spanish picture of the month, i've already did and we are currently loosing with Denmark, so please vote!!!

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I already voted! And we were losing with Denmark and Norway!! :(
Again, please vote!!

Okay, you may want to kill me for this but I'll say it anyway (since I believe that constructive criticism is always worth a shot.)

I think that the reason why the Spanish picture is losing for Norway and Denmark is because the picture chosen is plain boring.

I like the concept of three generations of royalty in the same picture, but Queen Sofia and Princess Letizia are there too. Besides, only Letizia is looking at the camera with which this picture was taken.

This may sound a little harsh, but as I said, I mean no offense by it, it's just constructive criticism.

I'm a HUGE supporter of the Spanish royals, but judging the pictures, I simply had to vote for Norway, with Ingrid Alexandra and her rose. There were so many great pictures from the baptism to choose... There was Leonor staring at Letizia, Leonor smiling in her sleep, Felipe kissing his daughter, Queen Sofia kissing her granddaughter, Jaime playing with Irene, the queen telling the Urdangar&#237;n boys to shoosh... so many precious moments and then the final choice is a plain boring official picture.

I just hope that you can take this nicely and from now on try to improve your choices.

By the way, do the moderators or administrators (or even both of them) have any saying in this? Because it would be really nice to see if you can consult with them and do a little brainstorming to choose the pictures.

I'm pretty sure that Elsa, Alexandria, Anna and Ennyllorac would be willing to help, since they are so diligent and dotting moderators and seem to be very nice people.

Okay, you may want to kill me for this but I'll say it anyway (since I believe that constructive criticism is always worth a shot.)

I think that the reason why the Spanish picture is losing for Norway and Denmark is because the picture chosen is plain boring.

I like the concept of three generations of royalty in the same picture, but Queen Sofia and Princess Letizia are there too. Besides, only Letizia is looking at the camera with which this picture was taken.

This may sound a little harsh, but as I said, I mean no offense by it, it's just constructive criticism.

I'm a HUGE supporter of the Spanish royals, but judging the pictures, I simply had to vote for Norway, with Ingrid Alexandra and her rose. There were so many great pictures from the baptism to choose... There was Leonor staring at Letizia, Leonor smiling in her sleep, Felipe kissing his daughter, Queen Sofia kissing her granddaughter, Jaime playing with Irene, the queen telling the Urdangar&#237;n boys to shoosh... so many precious moments and then the final choice is a plain boring official picture.

I just hope that you can take this nicely and from now on try to improve your choices.

By the way, do the moderators or administrators (or even both of them) have any saying in this? Because it would be really nice to see if you can consult with them and do a little brainstorming to choose the pictures.

I'm pretty sure that Elsa, Alexandria, Anna and Ennyllorac would be willing to help, since they are so diligent and dotting moderators and seem to be very nice people.

Hmm...... i think..... that.... i won't kill you for that! You will have another opportunity!
And besides the next photo will be better! Maybe, for some people, this isn't the best photo even so i'm sure that we will try to choose the best photo for the next month and then you will vote!!

Okay, you may want to kill me for this but I'll say it anyway (since I believe that constructive criticism is always worth a shot.)

I think that the reason why the Spanish picture is losing for Norway and Denmark is because the picture chosen is plain boring.

I like the concept of three generations of royalty in the same picture, but Queen Sofia and Princess Letizia are there too. Besides, only Letizia is looking at the camera with which this picture was taken.

This part is not a constructive criticism. On the other hand, Queen Sofia and Princess Letizia are part of the royalty, sorry for you.

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This may sound a little harsh, but as I said, I mean no offense by it, it's just constructive criticism.

I did not see the constructive criticism yet

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I'm a HUGE supporter of the Spanish royals, but judging the pictures, I simply had to vote for Norway, with Ingrid Alexandra and her rose. There were so many great pictures from the baptism to choose... There was Leonor staring at Letizia, Leonor smiling in her sleep, Felipe kissing his daughter, Queen Sofia kissing her granddaughter, Jaime playing with Irene, the queen telling the Urdangarín boys to shoosh... so many precious moments and then the final choice is a plain boring official picture.

A lot of precius moments, but the important part was Infanta Leonor, her fathers and granfathers.

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Originally Posted by Meredith

I just hope that you can take this nicely and from now on try to improve your choices.

By the way, do the moderators or administrators (or even both of them) have any saying in this? Because it would be really nice to see if you can consult with them and do a little brainstorming to choose the pictures.

I'm pretty sure that Elsa, Alexandria, Anna and Ennyllorac would be willing to help, since they are so diligent and dotting moderators and seem to be very nice people.

In the election of the picture took part six people that work a lot in SRF, including at first three moderators but one of them did no answer The pic posted was the most voted with 4 votes

As we don't have official access to any photo agencies, we have to make do with whatever images we can find. Additionally, some royal families are covered more than others, and hence, more higher resolution and sharper images will be more readily available for some families than others.

I think that you can still understand and appreciate the image of the Imperial family even though it may not be a super sharp image.

I agree that the image links you've shared are very nice and very touching, however, the images were released for Aiko's birthday back in the fall. For this poll, the representatives of each forum had to pick an image from January, which may have been limiting.

Also, this was everyone's first experience with this project and we are all learning and experimenting about what works and what doesn't. So, give us time; there is a learning curve in all of this. February's poll will be better, and March's poll even better than that. And by December we'll have everything down pact.

I loved this picture as soon as norwegianne changed her avatar.With my ignorance in these aspects I thought "Anne, you did magic. How did you manage photoshop or something :o in order to make such a beautiful avatar?!" When some time later I found it was really a picture I found it even more overwhelming and it has melt my heart since.

All photos are different between them but I would never choose Denmark (not because the supposed rivalry between SRF and DRF' fans) but I don't like how Frederik coat looks...As for the Spanish photo it is a very beautiful photo but not the most. We, Spanish vibrant fans, will have to wait for our turn.

I am so sorry I got to this thread so late. I hope I can give my contribution from the start next month.

Congratulations the one that conceived this idea, moderators for their endless support, and to all the members that accepted this difficult task of choosing among thousands of great moments one that could mean exactly what this month was for each Royal Family Fans.

Japanese Imperial Family Photo
The released of Aiko's Birthday photo was in December and this poll is featuring photos from Jan. 2006. I chose this new years photo instead of the other official photo with Aiko sitting on her mother's lap because I liked how Aiko and Kako interacted with each other by doing orgami. If this poll was choosing a photo from December, I would've definitetly choosen a birthday photo of Aiko.

With my ignorance in these aspects I thought "Anne, you did magic. How did you manage photoshop or something :o in order to make such a beautiful avatar?!" When some time later I found it was really a picture I found it even more overwhelming and it has melt my heart since.

It has been asked that members not state which picture they've voted for until the poll is over (March 2) so as not to influence other voters. When the poll is over, the thread will still be open so that members can state why they voted for the image they did.

If you want to vote for Letizia as your favourite princess, I'm sure you can find a poll to do so elsewhere on the site. This poll is supposed to be about best photos, not favourite royals.

If people are going to just vote en bloc for their favourite royal or their country of birth - and encouraging others to do likewise (and even, apparently, creating spare IDs of their own in order to be able to vote several times) - while disregarding the photos themselves, it makes a complete mockery of the whole exercise.

If this is just going to degenerate into groups of fans going into battle on behalf of their pet royals, we might as well just shut the whole process down now and write it off as something that would have been nice to do if we'd only had a more mature membership.